Fall Creek Falls is a 110-foot horsetail waterfall on Fall Creek in Thurston County, Washington, about 10.4 miles southeast of Rainier. It lies on Weyerhaeuser timberland, and visitors can reach it only with a paid recreation permit.
The falls
The World Waterfall Database lists the falls as unconfirmed, classifies the formation as a horsetail, and notes that lidar data suggests a drop of about 110 feet. An earlier figure was 80 feet. The name is unofficial.
Getting there
The falls are on private timberland owned by Weyerhaeuser. Public access requires buying a recreation permit sold through the company's website, where visitors can check which permit area covers the Fall Creek drainage and what rules apply on the property. Olympia is about 25 miles to the northwest.
On site
The falls lie in the Cascades ecoregion, in dense forest of Douglas fir and western hemlock on the rainy western slopes of the mountains. A designated trail, parking, viewpoints and seasonal flow at the falls are not documented.
Nearby
Pipeline Falls is about 2.5 miles away, Deschutes Falls about 4.4 miles on the Deschutes River, and Skookumchuck Falls about 4.7 miles on the Skookumchuck River.
Distances are straight-line.